[PrintOwners] Acrobat Reader

[Craig Dellinger]

> Personally, I appreciate Dan's efforts to stir the troops into action
> -- that of telling Adobe how we feel. And Ron alerted us to 
> one scenario that some may not have thought of -- and one 
> that's potentially the most hazardous of all to date.
> Channel your efforts proactively all you want; when F__K 
> starts bombarding the airwaves and the ether with ads touting 
> this new feature, it WILL have an effect on us. I believe the 
> wisest thing we can all do is to take a few minutes (even if 
> its a few minutes of selling time) to relay our ire over this 
> short-sighted and greedy "partnership" move of Adobe's that 
> is a slap in the face of all its other partners.
> Michael Vogel


Hey Michael,
Just wanted to let the list know that the NAQP and NAPL sent responded to
Adobe on June 15th. The Presidents of the respective associations (Steve
Johnson and Joe Truncale) wrote a letter to Bruce Chizen (the CEO of Adobe)
along with endorsements of the letter from the franchise Presidents of
AlphaGraphics, Sir Speedy, Allegra, PIP, ICED, and others. They were firm in
the fact that this decision was hurting our members and wanted Adobe to
realize that. This is just one more reason why everyone on these lists needs
to belong to the NAQP/NAPL. Fighting Adobe by yourself is like throwing a
ping pong ball at a battleship. At least with the power of thousands of
printing companies behind you it's more like launching a cannon ball. Still
might not make an impact with Adobe, but it should make them think. 

Craig Dellinger 
New Haven Print & Copy
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Fort Wayne, IN 46803
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